Cannot add printer...Error message Print Spooler not running

just purchased HP with vista. I had a HP Photosmart 6525 that did work at one time and then it stopped. Thinking the printer was the problem, I bought an HP 5660 and i get the same error messages. It did work to begin with but has stopped. I have unplugged and replugged in everything. Tried downloading drivers again and keep getting errors. I get an option to download the drivers from windows update or windows/INF/oem.inf. It does not matter which I choose as I keep getting a message that windows found driver software for your device but encountered an erro while attempting to install it. On of the installers for this device cannot perform the installation at this time. When I go to add on a printer I get the message that Windows can't open Add printer. The local print spooler is not running. Please restart the spooler or restart the machine. I have restarted the machine many times and gone through the help with the spooler and there is nothing there to be spooled. I have downloaded and run the print & scan doctor, but that did not help. thanks for any and all help

The spooler is part of WIndows, if it is stopped (or broken), no printer will work.Try clear and restart the spooler (this page may help: http://hpanswers.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-start-stop-and-restart-print.html and if this doesn't solve the problem, you need to reinstall Windows (or run a system recovery to reset Windows).

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